It's the first week of cycle 4, and the first lift has failed to meet the reps. 4 out of needed 5. That would have made a 5RM of nearly 50kg, which is huge for me (Previous max 55kg), so no wonder. Will repeat this cycle on the overhead press, We'll see if I succeed. Pull-ups were from a total dead hang, no cheating, chin over the bar (Can't get sternum/chest to the bar yet).

Felt really strong on the Deadlifts today. Got a great result as well. We are getting close to 10x130kg, which is quite huge since my latest 1RM is 150kg. The reverse lunges were horrible. I have a strong feeling I will hate that exercise when the intensity starts rising. Nevertheless, a great exercise. Will do them for atleast 2 cycles.

2x55kg is a new PR on the Overhead Press, meaning that I've finally gotten over the old 1RM of 55kg. I'm hoping to hit 60kg by the end of the year. BW overhead press is getting closer again, after a bit of stalling.

It's been roughly about a year since I started this semi-serious powerlifting training with Stronglifts 5x5. We've come a long way. And the bench is still the lift that has been showing most progress with 531. All other lifts are starting to lower to the actual 531 numbers, but not the bench. I mean, this week the + reps were 10, 7 and 4. Not even close to 531. Soon I'll be doing my former 1RM, which is 80kg. I think I could lift 85kg at the moment. We'll see. I was thinking to measure 1RM's at december.

Have had plenty of swimming and handball this week. I've never been good at swimming, so every lesson is very important for me. The Personal training project has come to the point that I have my own client, and in three weeks, I'll be training him in 10 sessions. The clients goals include Improving upper body strength and explosive strength in general. That's quite interesting so to speak. We were also talking with a massage therapist friend of mine that it would be nice to put up our own business. But we'll see.

Huge gain on pull-ups, last record was 11. Was able to do a set of 4 without a twitch. Awesome. Pull-ups have progress heaps. Not too long ago I could only do 1-2 good form pull-ups, now it's more like 3-4, with even better form. 10 is getting closer. And succeeded on the Overhead Press as well, setting a new 5RM of almost 50kg.

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